The Rule Of Thirds

Now i will be going over some key concepts of art that are often used in photography. First of all is the rule of thirds. The rule of thirds is a a use of composition, what you want to do is imagine that your image is split into 9 equal parts, with two vertical lines and two horizontal lines. For instance:

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With using the rule of thirds, you want to aline you horizon of the picture with the horizontal bottom third, while using the right and left thirds to place you subject in. The main focus of the rule of thirds is to not keep your subject in the central focus of the image, but to expand around the whole imagery. Some people say that using the rule of thirds gives more meaning, power, and emotion to a photograph or art piece in general. 


Here is an example of one of my photos that i have taken with using the key concept of the rule of thirds. 

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As you can see in this picture, if i were to place the close pin in the center, rather than the side it would not give off as must wonder and emotion in the picture. With the subject to one side of the image, you are able to see the background, and the background of photos are usually assistants in helping tell the story of the image.